On Mon, Apr 19, 1999 at 10:06:53PM +0800, Hans van den Boogert wrote:
> Somebody already pointed out to me that under the 2.0.36 version Linux
> kernel you can not load two modules for the same parallel port and that
> maybe there is already a printer module installed. Is this so? How do I
> check that? How do I gracefully kill that other module? Your hints, tips
> advice (and money to buy a better notebook) are highly appreciated.
use lsmod and look if the 'lp' (line printer) module is installed.
to 'KILL' the module you have first to kill the application using:
# fuser -k /dev/lp*
if you want to do it gracefully the you'll probably have to do:
# /etc/init.d/lpd stop
Then you can safely remove the lp module
# rmmod lp
-Michele
